Is that a train?

I can see a light at the end of the tunnel for this semester. Given that I am now a week behind in watching my lectures.. but caught up on the homework and I have a test in 5 days, it very well may be a train. There are only a few weeks left in this semester and I can hardly wait to be done with school for a while. This summer is going to be a much needed break.

serial IO

Word of advice to all those soon to be fathers out there. One of you will handle most of the input, one of you will handle most of the output. Guess which one is you.

Kids are fun. No seriously, I practically enjoy the wailing as I wipe unnatural green goo of another humans butt. I guess that means I've bonded or something. Max is pretty awesome, especially when he gets that confused look on his face and his eyes start roaming the room trying to find something to lock on to. This, I have learned, is a pretty good sign that he is almost ready for another data dump.

The life of a baby is pretty simple. It feels like my first IC design (basically a 8 bit processor math co-processor). Input---process--process---process--output--wait for next input.
I can't wait until he is an dual overclocked quad-core system with triple SLI. Soon,

Lists make all the work worth while

Below is a list of this week's accomplishments.

1. Finish laundry ( 4 loads)
2. Hang uber-Mobile in nursery
3. Reposition wall-hung TV
4. frame and hang new door to laundry room
5. shampoo carpets
6. watch lectures, turn in homework #4
7. Take test #1
8. Have a baby
9. Bring healthy mom and baby home

Yup, its been a pretty busy week.

National Engineers Week

Top Ten Reasons to Celebrate National Engineers Week:(from Eweek.org)

10.	Because if we don’t those darn scientists will take credit for all of our efforts.
9.	To remind those jerks in school just who’s having fun now.
8.	Even garbage collectors want to be called engineers.
7.	To stop people from snickering when we discuss “flocculating” devices.
6.	“ENGINEER” – you can’t spell it without “G.E.E.!”
5.	It’s either that or “Broccoli Awareness Week.”
4.	What else have you got to do in the third week in February?
3.	Spring will come early if enough engineers emerge from the shadows.
2.	Pocket protectors! Pocket protectors! Pocket protectors!
1.	Because 1,800,000 engineers can’t be wrong.